At sea "18:39.01S 174:53.75E"
VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Tue 6 Aug 2013 02:21
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We left Fiji last night after mearly three months,
marred by poor weather. We left a bit late having been delayed by the lack of an
Immigration Officer's stamp and lack of wind, and as a result had to sail out
through the reef in the dark. To be safer we used the ship channel which is deep
and lit - but it the wind wasby then very strong & right on the nose, the
lights shown on our chart were different to those actually present, the channel
through the reef is less than a quarter of a mile wide, and we had not used this
pass before. Definitely not for the faint hearted. Breakers close to on
both sides in the pitch black is exciting, even when you're pretty sure you're
in the right place.
Now en route to Vanuatu, about 500 miles away,
under a 100% overcast sky with some drizzle and a strong following wind. ETA
Friday, we hope.
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